Is yogurt good or bad

Just watch the sugars and fat in them.

Y'know I used to think like this, but not anymore. I drank skim milk for 20 years and I'm back to full fat. I used to eat non-fat yoghurt - not anymore - greek 2%. I used to order non-fat lattes at Starbucks, not anymore.

Everything tastes better with fat. (Well maybe not everything, but you get the picture.)

As for sugar ...no demons there either - otherwise the amount of maltose, lactose, or fructose I consume would turn me into a beachball. CICO y'all.

Ooh, it's good! I make a gallon at a time out of raw goat's milk and have it over frozen fruit that I lightly defrosted. A little Stevia--which is quite sweet, be careful don't over do it; and it's not good on everything--but it is on this. Wonderful lunch on a hot day after spending the morning outside!

And yeah, it's also "good". Excellent food value. Don't eat the over-sweet dessert stuff. Making your own--even if you don't have access to raw milk--is the cheapest and you don't put in a lot of junk. Much of the stuff at the store has a LOT of sugar.

I would say yogurt is more chaotic neutral, depending on your level of lactose tolerance.

I can't tolerate milk so I have an Axelrod fat free yogurt Monday thru Friday.

No food is inherently bad.

Yogurt is gross though so I don't eat it unless it's blended in a smoothie.

I keep seeing different things.... it ranges from "Eating yogurt makes you gain fat" to "eat yogurt everyday to lose weight"

So which is the truth?

I'm on a smoothie diet, and I use strawberry yogurt for some of it (meijer low fat to be precise).... so I'd really like to know whether I need to cut it out or not...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you are reading the wrong sites.

Sites which tell you to go on smoothie diets are the wrong sites. Sites which tell you any one specific food will or won't make you lose/gain fat are the wrong sites.

Eat food, in a moderate calorie deficit, and exercise. It isn't complicated. Don't make it any harder than it has to be!

For one thing make sure you check the sugar content it can be quite high also check fat content. Go for something low in fat calories and sugar and add some fruit if you need to sweeten it up. Yogart is good for you because it has live cultures and will help your digestion also the calcium. Hope that helped.:happy:

"Sugar" content is misleading. Even a plain yogurt with no flavor at all contains "Sugar" because yogurt is made from milk which contains naturally occurring sugar called lactose.

There is no such thing as a "good" or "bad" food. Food is inanimate. It has no morals, soul or consciousness. Food is food. There are more healthy choices and less healthy choices. Yogurt is a healthy choice but try to look at the ingredients for added sugar. If you're concerned about added sugar, get plain and add your own fruit, agave, honey or what have you.

Hey, guess what I'm eating right now? Boy, I sure hope this yogurt doesn't make me fat!

Where do people even come up with thus stuff, dang.

Why in the world would eating some yogurt make you gain fat.

This. There seem to be endless foods that people think magically cause weight gain in any amount.

I really am curious what the supposed mechanism is that could cause this to happen.

to say only greek yogurt is good is very racist and bad

Lowfat Greek plain yogurt is good for you as it is low in sugar and has protein. It's the crappy overly sugary "non-fat" fruit and flavored yogurts that make you fat. Look at the labels when you buy yogurt and do a comparison. Sugar is more deadly to a diet, too much as is not good either. 6 ounces of Whole Foods Lowfat Plain Greek Yogurt has 200 calories and 2 grams of sugar. I eat this with a small serving of fruit for fiber.

Welp, looks like I'll have to reset my weight loss ticker. All that sugary, flavored Greek yogurt made me fat.

Except it didn't.

Lowfat Greek plain yogurt is good for you as it is low in sugar and has protein. It's the crappy overly sugary "non-fat" fruit and flavored yogurts that make you fat. Look at the labels when you buy yogurt and do a comparison. Sugar is more deadly to a diet, too much as is not good either. 6 ounces of Whole Foods Lowfat Plain Greek Yogurt has 200 calories and 2 grams of sugar. I eat this with a small serving of fruit for fiber.

Yoghurt is actually good for your body as it provides calcium your body needs as well as other essential nutrients. I think the problem with yoghurt comes when you overeat it. As long you have low fat and within your calories for the day, you wouldn't get fat

I agree with most of your post, but low fat, high fat, full fat doesn't make a difference to weight loss. Calories matter for weight loss. Macros matter for health, body composition, and hunger.

And fat does a lot of good things for your body. It should be included in a balanced diet.

I look at the expiry date to tell
oh, who am I kidding, if I open it and it has little grean puffs of mold, it's bad
otherwise, I eating it

I reporting you for bean hilarious

Lowfat Greek plain yogurt is good for you as it is low in sugar and has protein. It's the crappy overly sugary "non-fat" fruit and flavored yogurts that make you fat. Look at the labels when you buy yogurt and do a comparison. Sugar is more deadly to a diet, too much as is not good either. 6 ounces of Whole Foods Lowfat Plain Greek Yogurt has 200 calories and 2 grams of sugar. I eat this with a small serving of fruit for fiber.

I eat yogurt - fruit added non Greek variety - at least 4 times a week.

Amazingly I am within healthy weight range

EFS.